List Of Most Expensive States To Live In 2024. Cost of living as a baseline of 100, making it easier to visualize and comprehend the relative costs across different states. Our list ranks states in ascending order of the cost of living index, as of the third quarter of 2023.

According to the meric, washington reports a cost of living index of 115.7. Cost of living index (coli) compiles the six subcategories (housing, utilities, grocery items, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services) into a single value.